Just made a deal on this R2 clone 64 GT. I might make it a R1, or back to a stock 289, might just fix up and resell as a clone.
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Mar 13, 2007
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I'd be curious what it costs to ship a car from Anchorage? Looks like a nice car for the money even with shipping.
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Ah, now you've discovered how I ended up with the car. It's in Washington state although the owner is in Alaska, but you have to read the listing to know that. I'd bet many ebay'ers that shop cars by distance closest missed it.
ErnieR wrote:
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Neat car, What octane gas would you need for a supercharged R1 to be happy? If whoever did the work on it didn't change the pistons finding gas could be interesting, but I bet it would be REALLY fast!
Jeff DeWitt
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If he used standard 289 pistons, it might be OK, but otherwise I'd be ordering some R2 heads...
nate
Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
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Pistons are the same, R1 heads are rare, R2 heads are not. I can sell the R2 heads for enough money to pay for rebuilt R2 heads. If I pull the engine, make the engine into a "real" R2, I could sell it with the blower and all for a big chunk of the cars cost.
Jeffrey DeWitt wrote:
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Order hell, do you have any idea how many "R2" heads Sal and I have ?
Nate Nagel wrote:
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So aside from the supercharger the only real difference between the R1 and R2 is the heads? And if I remember right the R2 head is really a truck head?
Jeff DeWitt
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Check the compression. Maybe it was rebuilt with dished pistons? If so, maybe it would run fine with 93 octane
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Will do, but we'll use a little fiber optic light to peek.
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Michael - Roseland FL wrote:
Yea, me too, 3 days after I'd hit the BIN and won it.
Michael - Roseland FL wrote:
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